Info on this series of rounds, and a reason you might want to keep this one, or sell it:
These coins were minted in a very limited quantity between the years of 1971 and 1976. Many were melted down when silver hit all time high in 1980. While few remain...information can be found about them online, mostly through listings of old auctions. –[source: WorthPoint.com]
Info on the Kachina figures, in general:
Kachina: in traditional religions of the Pueblo Indians of North America, any of more than 500 divine and ancestral spirit beings who interact with humans. Each Pueblo culture has distinct forms and variations of kachinas. –[source: Britannica.com]
Info on this particular Kachina:
Hopi Morning Singers, (Talavai Kachinas) used to appear in pairs on the rooftops and sing songs, waking the Hopi people in the village. During the day, they would dance with the other kachinas, whom they led and prompted in the singing. They still appear with the other kachinas in the Powamu Ceremony [Bean Planting Festival] and are most often standing in a set to one side of the main movement of the procession. Occasionally, they sing as they stand holding their spruce trees and ringing their bells. –[source: MorningSinger.com]
That's a very cool find! I'd love to have someone assembling a "grab bag" for me, each time I go into a store! That is awesome! 😃
Awesome info @thekittygirl!!! Thanks for all of this. Once your LCS gets to know you and what you want, they may just start doing it for you too.